Chapter Summaries

Su Bai, a transmigrated Third Prince with no Spirit Root, reached Jade Mist Sect’s recruitment test and planned to use his Immortal Talent Reflection art to copy another person’s talent. The chapter ended when a youth with an Inferior Five Spirit Root qualified to enter the sect, presenting Su Bai with a possible target.

• Su Bai woke in the body of Yan Kingdom’s Third Prince and discovered his Immortal Talent Reflection art had come with him.
• Su Bai arrived at Qingyun Plaza with Su Bo and joined the Spirit Root testing queue in a sedan chair carried by four maids.
• Su Bai learned that the art’s Survey and Copy functions had long cooldowns, so he waited to confirm a target’s Spirit Root before copying it.
• A Jade Mist Sect Cultivator rejected people without Spirit Roots and sent one royal youth flying when he offered gold to become a menial disciple.
• A thirteen- or fourteen-year-old youth tested positive for an Inferior Five Spirit Root and accepted the offer to enter Jade Mist Sect as a menial disciple.

Su Bai copied Wu Tian’s Three Spirit Root talent with Immortal Talent Reflection before taking his own test at Jade Mist Sect’s recruitment ceremony. The test confirmed Su Bai had a Three Spirit Root, qualifying him to enter the sect as an Outer Disciple.

• Su Bai waited through the recruitment ceremony until he found Wu Tian, whose test revealed a Three Spirit Root.
• Su Bai used Immortal Talent Reflection to copy Wu Tian’s Water, Fire, and Wood Spirit Root, triggering a 365-day cooldown.
• Su Bai befriended Wu Tian and left him before returning to the testing line.
• A Jade Mist Sect Inner Disciple tested Su Bai and confirmed his Three Spirit Root, admitting him to the outer sect.

Su Bai passed Jade Mist Sect’s Spirit Root test with the Three Spirit Root he had copied from Wu Tian and entered the sect as an Outer Disciple. After bidding farewell to Su Bo and his attendants, he registered and received his residence, robes, and cultivation manual.

• Su Bai tested positive for a Three Spirit Root, earning congratulations from Su Bo and the other attendants.
• Su Bai told Su Bo to return to the Yan Capital and keep the news of his entry into Jade Mist Sect safe, then said farewell as they left.
• Jade Mist Sect’s Inner Disciples transported Su Bai, Wu Tian, and the other new Disciples up Qingyun Mountain to the Outer Disciple Courtyard.
• Su Bai registered with the Outer Sect Steward, confirmed his origin and Spirit Root, and received his Jade Talisman, robes, and the first four levels of the Radiant Qi Refining Technique.
• The steward assigned Su Bai to Courtyard 32, Room 4, and told him about the monthly lectures on the Radiant Qi Refining Technique.

After entering the Jade Mist Sect as an Outer Disciple, Su Bai moved into Courtyard 32 and learned the basics of the Radiant Qi Refining Technique from Zhou Chang. He sensed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and began opening his meridians, then returned to his room to cultivate toward Qi Refining Layer One.

• Su Bai collected his Outer Disciple supplies, exchanged courtyard assignments with Wu Tian, and headed to Courtyard 32.
• Su Bai met Zhou Chang, the Housekeeping Senior Brother, who welcomed him and asked him to settle in before teaching him the Radiant Qi Refining Technique.
• Su Bai read the first-layer incantation, and Zhou Chang explained how to cultivate by absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy.
• With Zhou Chang's guidance, Su Bai sensed Spiritual Energy and began opening his meridians.
• Zhou Chang sent Su Bai to cultivate on his own and explained that he taught new disciples as they arrived so they could begin cultivation without delay.

Su Bai joined Courtyard 32 and learned about the Spirit Rice provided to Outer Disciples. After eating his first meal of it, he returned to his room to cultivate while its Spiritual Energy was most beneficial.

• Zhou Chang introduced Su Bai to Zhang Yanshen and Li Daniu when the evening meal arrived.
• Zhou Chang and Zhang Yanshen explained the benefits of Spirit Rice, while Li Daniu chose several boxes of side dishes and Su Bai picked an Iron-Eating Beast Hock.
• Su Bai ate the Spirit Rice and felt its Spiritual Energy nourish his weakened body.
• Zhou Chang urged everyone to cultivate during the hour after eating, and the disciples returned to their rooms.
• Su Bai followed Zhou Chang's instructions and began circulating his cultivation technique.

Su Bai began cultivating with dawnlight and quickly opened several meridians, while new disciples joined Courtyard 32 and settled into its daily routine. Twenty days after entering the Jade Mist Sect, Su Bai remained devoted to cultivation and arrived in the courtyard before anyone else.

• Su Bai used spirit rice and the Radiant Qi Refining Technique to open a meridian, then began refining Qi with dawnlight under Zhou Chang’s guidance.
• Su Bai absorbed a wisp of Aura Spiritual Energy and opened his Taiyuan Meridian, succeeding faster than Zhang Yanshen and Li Daniu had.
• Qian Er joined Courtyard 32 as its fifth member, followed two days later by the withdrawn Jiang Han, who moved into Room Number Six.
• The Jade Mist Sect’s Recruitment Ceremony ended, and Courtyard 32 settled into a quiet routine as Su Bai steadily opened his meridians.
• On March 20, Su Bai woke before the bell and reached the courtyard first, continuing his disciplined cultivation schedule.

Su Bai opened six meridians during morning cultivation and met Wu Tian, who complained that his courtyard’s steward disciple had misled him. Su Bai taught Wu Tian the introductory cultivation method, and they returned to the courtyard after Wu Tian learned it.

• Su Bai absorbed six wisps of Aura Spiritual Energy and opened six meridians, bringing him close to opening all hundred and reaching Qi Refining Layer One.
• Zhou Chang told Su Bai that someone was waiting outside the courtyard, and Su Bai found Wu Tian at the gate.
• Wu Tian told Su Bai that his courtyard’s steward disciple had given him false cultivation guidance and that he feared reporting the Qi Refining Layer Six disciple.
• Su Bai offered to teach Wu Tian the introductory cultivation method and took him to a quiet grassy area west of the Outer Disciple Courtyard.
• Su Bai taught Wu Tian for more than two hours, and Wu Tian mastered the introductory method before they headed back.

Su Bai opened his hundredth meridian, condensed Spiritual Power, and advanced to Qi Refining Layer One. At the Outer Sect Affairs Hall, he received a Storage Bag and ten Essence Replenishing Pills as one of the batch’s top three cultivators, then learned that Jiang Han had also advanced almost as quickly.

• Su Bai completed the Radiant Qi Refining Technique’s first layer and passively began absorbing Spiritual Energy after condensing his first drop of Spiritual Power.
• Zhou Chang congratulated Su Bai on reaching Qi Refining Layer One, spurring the other residents of Courtyard 32 to cultivate harder until they advanced as well.
• Su Bai collected his monthly Cultivation Spirit Pills from Steward Su, who told him he was the third disciple in his batch to advance and awarded him a Storage Bag with ten Essence Replenishing Pills.
• Steward Su explained that the two disciples ahead of Su Bai had Dual Spirit Root Talent, and Su Bai resolved to seek them out and copy their Spirit Roots when his Immortal Talent Reflection recovered.
• Su Bai encountered Jiang Han at the Outer Sect Affairs Hall and learned that Jiang Han had taken menial missions to earn cultivation resources and had advanced to Qi Refining Layer One just one day after him.

Su Bai used his rewarded Essence Replenishing Pills to strengthen his spiritual power and continued practicing the Object Manipulation Technique. After Zhou Chang announced an upcoming lecture by an elite Inner Sect Senior Brother, Su Bai looked forward to learning more about spells.

• Su Bai swallowed an Essence Replenishing Pill and cultivated with the Radiant Qi Refining Technique, adding ten drops of spiritual power to his dantian.
• Su Bai decided to focus on copying Spirit Roots for his cultivation before pursuing auxiliary talents such as Alchemy Talent.
• Su Bai used all ten Essence Replenishing Pills over five days, and his spiritual power grew substantially.
• Zhou Chang told Su Bai and the others that an elite Inner Sect Senior Brother would give a lecture at the Outer Sect Lecture Ground the next day.
• Su Bai reviewed what he knew about spells and recalled that he had become adept at using the Object Manipulation Technique to open and close doors from afar.

Su Bai and four courtyard companions attended a lecture by Inner Sect Elite Disciple Zhao Fusheng, who shared cultivation and combat insights. Inspired by the lecture, Su Bai improved his cultivation technique and felt a growing sense of belonging to Jade Mist Sect.

• Jiang Han declined Zhou Chang's invitation to join the group at the Lecture Ground.
• Su Bai and four other Outer Disciples attended Zhao Fusheng's lecture on cultivation and magic duels.
• Zhao Fusheng described his progress from Qi Refining Layer One to Layer Nine and demonstrated his spells.
• Su Bai returned to Courtyard 32, applied a cultivation insight from the lecture, and increased the efficiency of his Radiant Qi Refining Technique.
• Su Bai reflected on Jade Mist Sect's supportive cultivation environment and felt a faint sense of belonging.

Su Bai advanced to Qi Refining Layer Two, learned that he could earn more Essence Replenishing Pills by taking missions, and decided to compete for the future reward for reaching Qi Refining Stage Four among the first three disciples. He accepted a Spiritual Field Task and began learning the Dewdrop Technique.

• Su Bai used an Essence Replenishing Pill to break through to Qi Refining Layer Two and learned the second layer of the Radiant Qi Refining Technique.
• Su Bai reported his breakthrough to Steward Su, who confirmed he was among the first three in his batch to reach Layer Two and gave him an extra Essence Replenishing Pill.
• Steward Su told Su Bai that the first three disciples to reach Qi Refining Stage Four would receive generous rewards and encouraged him to keep cultivating and take missions.
• Su Bai decided to accept Outer Court Missions to earn spirit pills and strengthen his cultivation progress.
• Su Bai asked Steward Lin to accept a Spiritual Field Task, and Steward Lin explained that Su Bai had seven days to master the Dewdrop Technique.

Su Bai accepted a month-long Spiritual Field Task and learned the Dewdrop Technique, preparing to begin work at the Jade Mist Sect’s Ring Mountain Spiritual Fields. The chapter leaves him descending toward the fields after presenting his Jade Talisman at the entrance.

• Su Bai accepted a month-long Spiritual Field Task from Steward Lin and received the Dewdrop Technique instructions.
• Zhou Chang and the other disciples noticed Su Bai had advanced to Qi Refining Layer Two, and Su Bai told them he would soon be away on an Outer Court Mission.
• Su Bai practiced the Dewdrop Technique through the night and successfully cast it, finding that it consumed too much Spiritual Power for a Qi Refining Layer One cultivator to sustain.
• Su Bai left the Outer Disciple Courtyard early the next morning and presented his Jade Talisman to enter the Ring Mountain Spiritual Fields.
• Su Bai followed the spiraling stairway down toward the fields and saw that the higher-quality plots near Qingyun Mountain’s peak were protected by Magic Arrays.

Su Bai began tending Spirit Field No. 1523 and found that the work, free spirit rice, and cultivation pills greatly accelerated his cultivation. After a month, he renewed his assignment without a time limit and planned to visit Wu Tian, whose dispute with a housekeeping disciple had ended with a room change and punishment.

• Su Bai met the fifteenth-circle steward, received instructions and a booklet, then settled into the hut beside Spirit Field No. 1523.
• Su Bai learned to water the field with the Dewdrop Technique and discovered he could eat as much spirit rice as he wanted at the compound.
• Su Bai ate ten people’s worth of spirit rice and found his cultivation progressed twenty to thirty percent faster than it had in the courtyard.
• After a month of tending the field, Su Bai collected his monthly rewards and changed his assignment to one with no time limit.
• Su Bai decided to visit the courtyard and Wu Tian, who had reported that the housekeeping disciple was punished after Wu Tian and the others successfully changed rooms.

Su Bai advanced to Qi Refining Stage Three while tending spiritual fields, then took on a second field and prepared to face the Outer Sect assessment. At the lecture ground, he reunited with his fellow disciples and learned how their different tasks had shaped their cultivation progress.

• Su Bai visited Wu Tian, who planned to take Outer Sect tasks to earn pills, then returned to his spiritual field duties.
• Su Bai harvested and replanted Spirit Rice Paddy through the seasons, becoming experienced at tending spiritual fields.
• Su Bai advanced to Qi Refining Stage Three, updated his records, and took on adjacent Spirit Field No. 1524.
• The Outer Sect Affairs Hall announced an assessment for Su Bai's batch, with poorly performing disciples facing temporary demotion to Labor Disciples.
• Su Bai met his Courtyard 32 fellow disciples at the assessment ground and learned Qian Er, Zhang Yanshen, Li Daniu, and Jiang Han's chosen tasks and recent cultivation progress.

Su Bai passed the Jade Mist Sect’s Outer Disciple assessment while Jiang Han impressed the sect with his Fireball Technique and gained fame. Hoping to copy a Dual Spirit Root, Su Bai used Wu Tian to meet Yu Ji and began building a connection with him.

• A Foundation Establishment Elder assessed the Outer Disciples’ cultivation and demoted five who had made insufficient progress to Labor Disciples.
• Su Bai displayed his Dewdrop Technique and passed the spell test, while Jin Qingjian, Yu Ji, and Jiang Han stood out for their spell skills.
• Jiang Han impressed the Elder with his Tier 1 Mid-grade Fireball Technique and received Essence Replenishing Pills as a reward.
• After the assessment, Jiang Han’s fellow disciples praised him, and Su Bai considered copying his Fire Attribute Spell Talent later.
• Su Bai realized Wu Tian shared a courtyard with Yu Ji and approached them, then praised Yu Ji’s Dual Spirit Root Talent.

Su Bai built ties with Yu Ji and copied his Fire-Wood Dual Spirit Root, replacing his original Three-Attribute Spirit Root. With his cultivation speed greatly improved, Su Bai left Courtyard 98 confident that his new talent would support his progress for years.

• Su Bai introduced the disciples of Courtyards 32 and 98, and they agreed to discuss the Dao together.
• Su Bai received a letter from Emperor Yan and Consort Ling and sent a brief reply confirming he was in the Jade Mist Sect.
• On March 1, Su Bai learned that only Yu Ji and Jin Qingjian among the new Outer Disciples had reached Qi Refining Stage Four.
• Su Bai visited Yu Ji at Courtyard 98 and used Immortal Talent Reflection to survey his Fire-Wood Dual Spirit Root.
• Su Bai copied Yu Ji's Dual Spirit Root, discarded his Three-Attribute Spirit Root, and experienced a major increase in Spiritual Energy absorption.

After copying Dual Spirit Root talent, Su Bai cultivated to Qi Refining Stage Four and chose to leave his spiritual field work to focus on combat power. Steward Su confirmed he was the third new Outer Disciple to advance and awarded him pills, a magic sword, cultivation formulas, and spells.

• Su Bai cultivated with Dual Spirit Root talent and reached Qi Refining Stage Three Peak after three months.
• Su Bai broke through the Qi Refining Stage Four bottleneck and entered the Mid Qi Refining Stage.
• Su Bai decided to end his Spiritual Field Task and pursue combat power instead of becoming a Spirit Planter.
• Su Bai submitted his task to the old steward, who arranged for another Outer Disciple to take over the fields.
• Su Bai visited Steward Su, who confirmed he was the third new Outer Disciple to reach Qi Refining Stage Four and gave him his advancement reward.

After receiving his rewards for reaching Qi Refining Stage Four, Su Bai accepted a well-paid mission to guard Spirit Moon Lake. He had one week to set out and was told he only needed to master the required Water Escape Technique before leaving.

• Su Bai received a Magic Sword, Yellow Dragon Pills, and his monthly sect benefit from Steward Su.
• Su Bai asked Steward Lin to help him find an Outer Sect mission, and Steward Lin recommended the Spirit Moon Lake Garrison Mission.
• Su Bai assessed the mission’s safety, location, and generous rewards, then decided to accept it.
• Steward Lin said Su Bai had to depart within one week and promised to let him take the mission before mastering all three required spells, provided he learned the Water Escape Technique.

Su Bai accepted the Spirit Moon Lake mission, learned the Water Escape Technique, and traveled to the lake to take over the post. He arrived at Lake Heart Isle with two departing disciples to meet Senior Brother Zhao.

• Senior Brother Lin registered Su Bai for the Spirit Moon Lake mission and gave him three bottles of Yellow Dragon Pills and the Water Escape Technique papers.
• Su Bai practiced the Water Escape Technique in a lake, then spent three days working on the Fireball Technique and Water Shield Technique.
• Su Bai left Jade Mist Sect on the seventh day and traveled through the Qingshan Spirit Plain to Spirit Moon Lake.
• Su Bai triggered the lake's Warning Array, and two Outer Disciples emerged from the water to greet him.
• Su Bai activated the Water Escape Technique and followed the two disciples toward Lake Heart Isle to meet Senior Brother Zhao.

Su Bai arrived at Spirit Moon Lake to take over the sect’s duty mission and learned how to guard the resource point and gather Spirit Moon Grass. Wang Jue showed him the island’s amenities and treated him to freshly roasted White Fish.

• Su Bai and his companions reached Lake Heart Isle, where he met Zhao Shanhe and handed over his Jade Talisman to register for the duty mission.
• Zhao Shanhe assigned Wang Jue to teach Su Bai the daily routines, and the departing disciple left after serving at Spirit Moon Lake for three years.
• Wang Jue gave Su Bai an accessory magical tool for the Warning Array and explained the duties of repelling intruding Demonic Beasts and gathering mature Spirit Moon Grass.
• Wang Jue showed Su Bai the Spirit Tea Trees and explained that the lake’s assigned disciples could freely pick their leaves.
• Wang Jue caught two White Fish and roasted them, explaining their role in the lake’s ecosystem and their benefits as food.
• Su Bai tasted the White Fish and found its flavor and cultivation benefits superior to ordinary Spirit Rice.